Novak Djokovic’s PTPA initiated legal actions against tennis governing agencies

The PTPA (Association of Professional Tennis Players) co -founded by Novak Djokovic He initiated legal actions against the guiding agencies of tennis, citing “Anticompetitive practices and a flagrant contempt for their well -being.”

He “Players Union”founded in 2019, presented documents in the New York court, where he requests a jury trial. The demand of 146 pages says that “Professional tennis players are trapped in a fixed game” that gives them “limited control over their own careers and brands.”

The complaint, which criticizes the calendar, classification systems and control of image rights, are presented by the PTPA and 12 players, including Djokovic, his co -founder Vasek postpisil and Nick Kyrgios. It seeks the end of the “monopolistic control” of the tennis circuit, as well as an financial compensation of the ATP, the WTA, the ITF and the IIA. The organization has also initiated legal procedures to end what the “Authority without control of sport governing bodies.”

The union describes the excessively severe classification points system, since it forces players to participate in their tournaments to build a status and reputation as a professional. It also points to a “unsustainable” calendar that extends for 11 months a year and may require players to compete under excessive heat or in the early hours of the morning.

He states that players suffer serious doll injuries, elbows and shoulders because the type of ball used periodically changes throughout the season and that the control of image rights diverts money from the players’ pockets.

The players complained frequently that they do not receive a sufficiently high percentage of the income generated by the sportespecially the four Grand Slams. It was the driving force behind the desire of Djokovic himself to form the PTPA.